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martin luther king talk about those big jet planes can't get off the ground without a ground crew. >> in paris, i always said where is audrey smoltz and the ground crew. it makes everything run perfectly and smoothly. >> the path began with audrey's own modeling career in new york city. >> i was born bread, toasted, jellied, jammed and honeyed in harlem. i've always enjoyed fashion, art, culture. because it seemed i was always 6 feet tall i started modeling. >> she became one of the first african-americans hired by blooming dale's as an assistant buyer. >> the head woman of resources said i want to see audrey smoltz. they pointed me out to this woman. oh, no that can't be her. because of the color of my skin she tried to say, oerks you don't want this job. and i told her, yes, i want the job. >> her growing knowledge of fashion helped her land a pivotal position as commentator and coordinator of the ebony fashion fair fostering her desire to go into bilz for herself. >> a entrepreneur is a person who takes risks. i mean sometimes calculated and sometimes -- i'm going to jump into 20 f
martin luther king talk about those big jet planes can't get off the ground without a ground crew. >> in paris, i always said where is audrey smoltz and the ground crew. it makes everything run perfectly and smoothly. >> the path began with audrey's own modeling career in new york city. >> i was born bread, toasted, jellied, jammed and honeyed in harlem. i've always enjoyed fashion, art, culture. because it seemed i was always 6 feet tall i started modeling. >> she...
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rosa parks made martin luther king possible. (applause) >> and i believe that those four students in greensboro also made the accomplishments that we he attribute to martin luther king as a symbol of the movement. martin luther king understood that many of the things that we attribute to him would not have been possible without the grassroots of the struggle. and that brings me back to the book that i've written about the last 50 years. when i was a teenager, a 19 year old, i went to the march on washington. and right before going, i met some of these young activists who are associated with the student nonviolent coordinating committee. i must say that that affected the way in which i viewed the march. like everyone else, i wanted to see what martin luther king's concluding speech would be. but i was also interested in the speech of john lewis who was the chair of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. just days before the march, i had met one of the snick activists at a conference. his name was stokely car michael. and
rosa parks made martin luther king possible. (applause) >> and i believe that those four students in greensboro also made the accomplishments that we he attribute to martin luther king as a symbol of the movement. martin luther king understood that many of the things that we attribute to him would not have been possible without the grassroots of the struggle. and that brings me back to the book that i've written about the last 50 years. when i was a teenager, a 19 year old, i went to the...
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martin luther king didn't make rosa parks possible. if she hadn't done what she did by refusing to give a per seat on the montgomery bus martin luther king would have simply been an articulate, well meaning baptist minister. it's because of rosa parks that we are talking about him today. he -- she opened up the possibility for him to display those qualities that he had and to rise to the occasion. >> host: she also said as you well know that while she was sitting on that bus refusing to give seat she was thinking about emmett till begun 14-year-old black boy from chicago who went to mississippi in 1955 and because he looked at a white woman he was brutally murdered. do you think his death changed or sparked anything in the civil rights movement? >> guest: a lot of things did. it was his death and brown versus board of education decision. it was the killing of civil rights workers. it was people like barbara jones, a young high school student who led a walkout at the segregated school protesting against the interior education. that was
martin luther king didn't make rosa parks possible. if she hadn't done what she did by refusing to give a per seat on the montgomery bus martin luther king would have simply been an articulate, well meaning baptist minister. it's because of rosa parks that we are talking about him today. he -- she opened up the possibility for him to display those qualities that he had and to rise to the occasion. >> host: she also said as you well know that while she was sitting on that bus refusing to...
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>> guest: he didn't say that in terms of martin luther king. martin luther king was just one of the people that would be a good march. for me, he felt that i should be in albany georgia or cambridge maryland. he was at howard university of the time and he would be going to those places where there was activism. >> host: in danger. >> guest: instead of going to a one day march. it just wasn't what he had a mind and i think he was trying to recruit me into the movement. but for me going to a one day march would be the most exciting and radical thing i had done in my life at that point. >> host: i want to talk more about stokely but let's go back to the march. you were there when he gave that address. what did you think of the speech? did you think it would be iconic like the gettysburg address or fdr's speech? >> guest: no, not that point. for those of us who were there it was the final speech in a long day of speeches so yes i was very pleased to see martin luther king in person. i had heard about him and everyone kind of looks forward to what w
>> guest: he didn't say that in terms of martin luther king. martin luther king was just one of the people that would be a good march. for me, he felt that i should be in albany georgia or cambridge maryland. he was at howard university of the time and he would be going to those places where there was activism. >> host: in danger. >> guest: instead of going to a one day march. it just wasn't what he had a mind and i think he was trying to recruit me into the movement. but for...
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we on a little out burst today about what is going on at martin luther king school and this board has covered up criminal activity from the staff of the school. he makes a joke about psychological testing and pearson to evaluate the students here in san francisco. pearson is under investigation for corruption in new york state and will be investigateed in california for corruption because you're spending more time on testing than taking care of the students particularly here at martin luther king. additionally this superintendent and the board is aware of the ongoing situation at martin luther king and the superintendent said there was no cover up and slander going on but the whistle blower said the principal laid on a student and injured as a result that was set up in a scheme to be fired by this management. they spent thousands of dollars of public money to fire him and the arbitrator could not go along with the lies and slanders against toby cane and rejected it and said he should be brought back to work. that is a victory for san francisco and the students at martin luther king. 1
we on a little out burst today about what is going on at martin luther king school and this board has covered up criminal activity from the staff of the school. he makes a joke about psychological testing and pearson to evaluate the students here in san francisco. pearson is under investigation for corruption in new york state and will be investigateed in california for corruption because you're spending more time on testing than taking care of the students particularly here at martin luther...
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martin luther king, jr. speaking december 20, 1956, announcing the end of the montgomery bus boycott after more than 380 days. in a moment, we will play more from the documentary, "king: a filmed record...from montgomery to memphis." the film has just been released on dvd. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> today we're bringing you major portions of this historic documentary, "king: a filmed record...from montgomery to memphis." this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we return to the film, when the actor james earl jones reads the langston huge column "who but the? the" and in the beginning of the birmingham campaign, a boycott of businesses it it led to hundreds of arrests including several arrests of dr. king himself who was moved to write his letter from a birmingham jail. you'll also hear dr. king read his letter in the context of the movement then underway. it was
martin luther king, jr. speaking december 20, 1956, announcing the end of the montgomery bus boycott after more than 380 days. in a moment, we will play more from the documentary, "king: a filmed record...from montgomery to memphis." the film has just been released on dvd. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> today we're bringing you major portions of this historic documentary,...
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martin luther king. today, the u.s. postal service is releasing a commemoratives rosa parks forever stamp. you can go to our website to read a portion of the book. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. email your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693, new york, ny 10013. box 693, new york, ny 10013.
martin luther king. today, the u.s. postal service is releasing a commemoratives rosa parks forever stamp. you can go to our website to read a portion of the book. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. email your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693, new york, ny 10013. box 693, new york, ny 10013.
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martin luther king didn't make rosa parks possible. if she hadn't done what she did by refusing to give a per seat on the montgomery bus martin luther king would have simply been an articulate, well meaning baptist minister. it's because of rosa parks that we are talking about him today. he -- she opened up the possibility for him to display those qualities that he had and to rise to the occasion. >> host: she also said as you well know that while she was sitting on that bus refusing to give seat she was thinking about emmett till begun 14-year-old black boy from chicago who went to mississippi in 1955 and because he looked at a white woman he was brutally murdered. do you think his death changed or sparked anything in the civil rights movement? >> guest: a lot of things did. it was his death and brown versus board of education decision. it was the killing of civil rights workers. it was people like barbara jones, a young high school student who led a walkout at the segregated school protesting against the interior education. that was
martin luther king didn't make rosa parks possible. if she hadn't done what she did by refusing to give a per seat on the montgomery bus martin luther king would have simply been an articulate, well meaning baptist minister. it's because of rosa parks that we are talking about him today. he -- she opened up the possibility for him to display those qualities that he had and to rise to the occasion. >> host: she also said as you well know that while she was sitting on that bus refusing to...
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martin luther king was resolved to go into birmingham. this month, he decided, and he didn't tell his father or tell his board members because he knew they would try to stop him. what he said was, after eight years since the brown decision, the forces defending segregation mobilized across the segregated states than the forces of freedom, and we're about to lose our window in history, and if i don't take the more risk that i have the way these students take risk, because he was meek among civil rights leaders saying the students were ahead of him willing to risk more, not a deeper understanding, but willing to accept more risk in the freedom rides and sit ins than he was. he was a reluctant witness, but he knew because of his ability, he said, human nature is stubborn enough there's certain things for which words alone are not powerful enough to change human beings. you have to amplify it with sacrifice, with witness, and these young students are actually pioneers in history and in politics. in january 63, he said for the first time, i am
martin luther king was resolved to go into birmingham. this month, he decided, and he didn't tell his father or tell his board members because he knew they would try to stop him. what he said was, after eight years since the brown decision, the forces defending segregation mobilized across the segregated states than the forces of freedom, and we're about to lose our window in history, and if i don't take the more risk that i have the way these students take risk, because he was meek among civil...
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he wrote the obituary of martin luther king that non-violence was dead, it was rejected, martin luther king couldn't defeat -- and the story really was that the kennedy administration wanted carl sanders to win in 1962 and there was a federal injunction that was placed on martin luther king. so we weren't up against lori pritchett in georgia. we really had to take on the federal government and we chose not to do that. jack always seemed to understand that we were not a problem. i used to quarrel with the new york times quite a bit because i think they were being polluted by information they rear getting, distorted information they were getting and they would come to talk to us like we were the ones that created all these problems. jack never did that. jack understood where the problem was and i always saw him as a friend. anything he ever asked me, i knew i could answer him candidly and truthfully and there would be no downside to it and there were quite a few, actually those days were rough on reporters. in 1964 in mississippi the abc reporter who was the first one to suggests -- the
he wrote the obituary of martin luther king that non-violence was dead, it was rejected, martin luther king couldn't defeat -- and the story really was that the kennedy administration wanted carl sanders to win in 1962 and there was a federal injunction that was placed on martin luther king. so we weren't up against lori pritchett in georgia. we really had to take on the federal government and we chose not to do that. jack always seemed to understand that we were not a problem. i used to...
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luther king junior y christina londoÑo conversÓ con Él. >> yo declaro que esta es mi hora de caminar con la bendiciÓn, caminar en la bendiciÓn. >> esa bendiciÓn dice samuel rodrÍguez lider del movimiento hispano llega en hora de grandes retos y responsables para los latinos. >> el espÍritu racista, homofab homofabia. >> dice que la persecuciÓn ameno oro escala es comparable a las que conocÍa. cuando un pastor evangÉlico. y marchÓ sobre la marcha. >> >> Él hablÓ de un dÍa a todos los niÑos de todos los colores alrededor de la mesa. comiendo frutos nosotros somos el cumplimiento de ese sueÑo. >> >> vengo a ustedes como hijo de dios de inmigrantes e hijo del sueÑo de martin luther king, dijo rodrÍguez el pasado 21 de enero despuÉs de conmemorarse los 50 aÑos del discurso del padre padre de derechos humanos. dice que haber sido el orador principal del evento fue el cumplimiento de un sueÑo que Él tuvo cuando era adolescente y estaba viendo un documental sobre el legendario lÍder >> sentÍ una voz en mi corazÓn que me hablÓ en mi espÍritu, en mi interior. >> es hoy
luther king junior y christina londoÑo conversÓ con Él. >> yo declaro que esta es mi hora de caminar con la bendiciÓn, caminar en la bendiciÓn. >> esa bendiciÓn dice samuel rodrÍguez lider del movimiento hispano llega en hora de grandes retos y responsables para los latinos. >> el espÍritu racista, homofab homofabia. >> dice que la persecuciÓn ameno oro escala es comparable a las que conocÍa. cuando un pastor evangÉlico. y marchÓ sobre la marcha. >>...
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martin luther king wasn't as -- couldn't defeat pritchard. and the story really was that the kennedy administration wanted carl sanders to win in 1962, and there was of a federal injunction that was placed on martin luther king. so we weren't up against the, you know, pretty pritchett and , we really had to take on the federal goth, -- federal government, and we chose not to do that. and jack always seemed to understand that we were not the problem. i used to quarrel with "the new york times" quite a bit because they were, well, i think they were being polluted birdies torted information they were getting from hoover -- [laughter] and they would come to talk to us like we were the ones that created all these problems in the south. jack never did that. jack understood where the problem was, and he knew -- i mean, i always saw him as a friend. and anything he ever asked me i knew i could answer him candidly and truthfully, and there would be no, to downside to it. no downside to it. and there were quite a few, actually, those days were rough on
martin luther king wasn't as -- couldn't defeat pritchard. and the story really was that the kennedy administration wanted carl sanders to win in 1962, and there was of a federal injunction that was placed on martin luther king. so we weren't up against the, you know, pretty pritchett and , we really had to take on the federal goth, -- federal government, and we chose not to do that. and jack always seemed to understand that we were not the problem. i used to quarrel with "the new york...
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he doesn't know he's martin luther king and neon. he's just martin luther king. he has the conviction, but at 6:00 in the morning and he has a new baby. when nixon caused them back, he wants to do it and nixon jokes francisco because i've been telling people to come to your church anyways. but i think this detail also makes it easier to imagine how we do it ourselves and that's the other reason for a more detailed look at her and her life among other civil rights is jury is that i think it gives us a different way over. >> here's some of the latest headlines surrounding the publishing industry this last week: >> i have dealt with a number of other religious cult that has similar philosophies and it had then nine -- i had found that in some of these faces, when they are meeting such a group that they make certain prophecies as the two things that are going to happen. when these things don't have income that they begin to lose face. when they lose face, they have to do some thing to make it happen so that they don't lose
he doesn't know he's martin luther king and neon. he's just martin luther king. he has the conviction, but at 6:00 in the morning and he has a new baby. when nixon caused them back, he wants to do it and nixon jokes francisco because i've been telling people to come to your church anyways. but i think this detail also makes it easier to imagine how we do it ourselves and that's the other reason for a more detailed look at her and her life among other civil rights is jury is that i think it...
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martin luther king. much of the march on washington's iconography features king either up close at the podium or with a faceless crowd behind him. but here the leader and the former president from afar can both be seen in a distance atmospheric and collective shot. as king speaks, freed also pivots, capturing both front and back shots of the crowd with thousands of marchers separating freed and king with lincoln behind him. this image serves as a complex and collective portrait of the march on washington at the lincoln memorial. within a year freed crossed paths with king as he photographed the leader in a baltimore street parade on october 31, 1964. freed had gone back to europe and then returned again, and king himself had just gotten back from europe. and on this trip it was announced that he would receive the nobel peace prize, and this was one of the first public gatherings in his honor. freed devoted a full day to photographing king in baltimore including at a parade honoring him and at a speech at
martin luther king. much of the march on washington's iconography features king either up close at the podium or with a faceless crowd behind him. but here the leader and the former president from afar can both be seen in a distance atmospheric and collective shot. as king speaks, freed also pivots, capturing both front and back shots of the crowd with thousands of marchers separating freed and king with lincoln behind him. this image serves as a complex and collective portrait of the march on...
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the pontiff did not mention the name martin luther once during his service. but later he did refer to luther behind closed doors in meeting with german protestant leaders. he gave germany's top protestant a sense of hope coming away from the meeting. >> it may be possible to come together freely. to celebrate communion together. >> it was not [inaudible] again, benedict seemed to be reaching out, saying that baptism was a bond that all christians shared, but many protestants felt that was talking down to them. and that the pope viewed catholicism is the only true faith. as he prepares to step down as pontiff, protestants are still critical of benedict. the pope focus his energies in a different direction, moving to mend fences with orthodox christians. in 2006, he visited istanbul to call on the patriarch of constantinople, patriarch bartholomew is the first among equals. patriarch and haunted promised to work on unification, a highly significant about, but the pope did not get that far with the russian orthodox church. reconciliation will have to wait. meanw
the pontiff did not mention the name martin luther once during his service. but later he did refer to luther behind closed doors in meeting with german protestant leaders. he gave germany's top protestant a sense of hope coming away from the meeting. >> it may be possible to come together freely. to celebrate communion together. >> it was not [inaudible] again, benedict seemed to be reaching out, saying that baptism was a bond that all christians shared, but many protestants felt...
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martin luther king was resolved to go into birmingham this month, he decided and didn't tell his father and didn't tell any of his board members because he knew they would try to stop it and what he said was after eight years since the brown decision, descending the militia defending segregation have mobilized across the segregated states than the forces of freedom and we are about to lose our window in history and if i don't take more risk than i have the way the students have been taking risks, because he was unique among civil rights leaders in saying the students were ahead of him being ready to risk more, they were willing to accept more risk in the freedom rides and he was, he was a reluctant -- he was a reluctant witness, but he knew because of his ability, human nature is, there are certain things for which words alone are not powerful enough to change human beings. you have to amplify it with sacrifice. these young students are pioneers in history and politics. in january of 63 he said for the first time i am going to risk my life and he designed this plan to go into birmingham
martin luther king was resolved to go into birmingham this month, he decided and didn't tell his father and didn't tell any of his board members because he knew they would try to stop it and what he said was after eight years since the brown decision, descending the militia defending segregation have mobilized across the segregated states than the forces of freedom and we are about to lose our window in history and if i don't take more risk than i have the way the students have been taking...